Cave Story+ Major Upgrade!

The long-awaited public release is here! Cave Story+ 2026 is now available to all players by default, with no need to opt-into a special branch. Once again, a huge thank-you to everyone for providing invaluable feedback and bug reports, which helps to give Cave Story the polish that it deserves!

Fixes:

• Organya soundtrack fixes

• Some songs using the wrong percussion

Notes ending prematurely upon the song loopingBoss Attack fixes

• Music fading out at the start of the Igor battle

Player spawning on the wrong side of the Red OgreBoulder Chamber Balrog spawning in the wrong spot

• Corrects him jumping early when initially running directly to the left

Moved 'switch 2P controllers' hotkey from F12 to F11

• This way, it does not conflict with Steam's default screenshot hotkey

Made 'speed-up' and 'disable lighting' cheat codes usable outside of Developer Mode

• The time counter is now correctly sped-up whilst the corresponding cheat code is enabled

Player character not wearing the Mimiga Mask in the save selection menusWrong open door sprite in the Plantation's Rest Area

• Would appear when the door is opened by the Mimiga

CPU usage being far higher than it should be

• Should reduce CPU temperatures, fan noise, and battery usage

Game running too fast

• Would occur when the PC has not been rebooted in the last 49 days

Reduced frame-pacing latency from 1-2ms to 0.00005msInconsistent colours in the 2x Halloween dialogue portraitsInconsistent naming of 'Egg No.XX' roomsMods folder is automatically created if it does not exist